Jerry Seinfeld's family started a lemonade stand in East Hampton for his wife's charity, which was quickly shut down by police. Read More »
Saturday Night Live Season 41 kicks off on Oct. 3, and alongside the premiere's host Miley Cyrus – who you all might have seen on Sunday night as the host of the MTV VMAs – will be a newcomer to the SNL team. Stand-up Jon Rudnitsky will officially make his premiere as a player on the famed NBC series. Read More »
It's a constant debate amongst the left and right: climate change. On Friday night's episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher welcomed in Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. And if you don't know, the two have complete opposite opinions on the issue. Maher believes it's the thing we should be talking about, and Santorum, well, disagrees. Regardless, the two decided to get together on the HBO series to hash out their differences. Read More »
Dealing with difficult people is unfortunately something we'll all have to do at some point throughout our lives. Luckily, there are a couple of New York comedians who are helping us get through those tough times and move on from those personalities. Of course, given the fact that we're talking about Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner, you might have to take their advice lightly – you know, considering that they themselves might be a perceived as a tad difficult on the new Hulu series Difficult People. Read More »
Republican candidate Ted Cruz, who is cut-and-dry against both gay marriage and Planned Parenthood, recently invited thousands of evangelical pastors to participate in a conference call where he slammed both. Not long after this went down, comedian Joe Rogan blasted Cruz on his podcast. Read More »
The birthplace for many notable comedians and improvisers, Second City Improv Theater, located in Chicago, suffered a loss today when a fire raged through their offices in Old Town. Read More »
If you're a sufferer of bulimia, comedian Howie Mandel was not your friend on Tuesday night's episode of America's Got Talent. Mandel reportedly made light of the disease during a performance from fan-favorited performer Stevie Starr, a "professional regurgitator" – a guy who makes a living by swallowing things and regurgitating them back up. And, well, Twitter wasn't having it. Read More »
After tackling heavy subjects such as sex education in schools and televangelism, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is setting their sights on gay discrimination. While it's now legal for the LGBT community to get married in the United States, Oliver notes that it is still legal to discriminate against gay people. Which, for those who cannot comprehend "everyone is created equal," is pure crazy talk. Read More »
It looks like if you're looking to make some money as a televangelist, you might have to pay taxes – some day. It's being reported that comedian John Oliver's recent segment on his HBO program Last Week Tonight, which mocked "prosperity gospel" and those minsters making money by promoting their religion on television, has actually left many people pressuring the IRS to start taxing televangelists. Read More »
Comedian Bill Maher recently discussed the lack-of-importance (in his opinion, of course) to Hillary Clinton's email scandal on Friday's night's episode of Real Time. The host brought up the issue as an example of the way he feels the Republicans on the right waste time and gloss over issues that are allegedly more important and have an actual effect on the American people, such as climate change. Read More »
Now that Jon Stewart has left behind The Daily Show after the finale and passed the series off to comedian Trevor Noah it's safe to say that he has some spare time on his hands. What to do with those free hours? How about moderate one of the Democratic Presidential Debates? Well, that's what the world is hoping for, it seems. Read More »